Well, I just joined the club. I now have a hole in the water you throw money into! The addition The addition, in the garage where my truck belongs.

Cool! I love tiller steer aluminum fishing boats. I have a Lowe Jumbo 14 with a 25 Mercury. It goes about 32 MPH. I'd love to have a Lund Alaskan 18 with a 50 tiller on it.

Nice! Hopefully just gas money for a while

Well, I wrote checks to the state for registration, the county for a trailer plate, the insurance company for a marine policy and bought a Bimini top for shade. Hmmm.

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Originally posted by Dresden:
Well, I wrote checks to the state for registration, the county for a trailer plate, the insurance company for a marine policy and bought a Bimini top for shade. Hmmm.

Use REC 90 (ethanol free) fuel always and always use stabilizer in the gas (I like Pri-g). The small 4 strokes have very small fuel passages and don't like fuel that isn't perfect, nor do they like to sit for more than a month at a time.......other than that.....enjoy it.

Nice boat, congrats!

Have not had a boat in years but love boating.
If I could catch fish, I would love fishing.

Enjoy it, they are peaceful.

Good for you. Nothing like a new fishing boat!

Very nice.

Don't buy into the best day is when you buy and sell it. Everyday I take out my boat I love it even more.

Break Out Another Thousand

B O A T

I have one too Enjoy!

Now I want one.

Congrats on your acquisition of a hole in the water into which you shall throw your money

But seriously, 80% of my best recreational times have been while in a boat. Lots of good memories of enjoying the outdoors year round, both day and night, catching fish, not catching fish, spending hours with a friend, a brother, a father, a nephew, etc.

Enjoy!

Very nice! I have a 16' aluminum Sea Nymph with a 25HP Evinrude, and it has been a fantastic boat. It's small and light enough to get in and out of the water easily and allows me to fish the shallows, and simple enough that I can easily maintain it myself. Despite the stigma of being a money pit, apart maintenance items (changing the impeller every other year or so and a new battery) mine has cost me very little money to operate, and has been a blast for me and the family.

Best advice I can give is run Ethanol free fuel. It costs a bit more, but saves huge headaches in the long run.

I'm still fishing out of my 1983 Alumacraft. A 14' modified V jon with some of my own upgrades. Great boats!

Got a 12' Lowe with a 9.8 four cycle Tohatsu. Cheap to operate. It will plane with two, which is all it has room for.

Ah, a gateway boat. Congratulations, you're doomed!

Enjoy it, and all the rest of them that are to come, safely and in good health.

Nice! That shouldn’t be too bad to maintain. My first boat was a 16ft bow rider with a old two stroke outboard. I got lucky and other than chasing down a ground issue on the engine it was a stress free and inexpensive endeavor. Enjoy your boat!

Good on you. Enjoy!
Rod

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Originally posted by SpinZone:
Very nice.

Don't buy into the best day is when you buy and sell it. Everyday I take out my boat I love it even more.

I wouldn't think that to be true of a boat that fits in a garage.

Now, the 40' wood motor yacht my BIL bought to live on...what a leaky maintenance nightmare!

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Originally posted by SpinZone:
Very nice.

Don't buy into the best day is when you buy and sell it. Everyday I take out my boat I love it even more.

This is so true.

Next month my Mako 17 will be thirty years old. A special order with a Johnson 110 outboard. She's on her second motor and fourth trailer, but still very economical for the hours of enjoyment.